Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

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carnival cultural festival pre-Lenten festival

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is a world-famous pre-Lenten festival known for its vibrant street parades, elaborate costumes, calypso and soca music, and energetic celebrations rooted in the islands’ Afro-Caribbean heritage.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival canonical 13
Trinidad Carnival 2
Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carnival ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
pre-Lenten festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Greatest Show on Earth ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
surface form: Trinidad Carnival
associatedGenreInnovation birthplace of soca music ⓘ
development of steelpan orchestras ⓘ
audience international tourists ⓘ
local participants ⓘ
climaxDays Carnival Monday ⓘ
Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
surface form: Carnival Tuesday
country Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
culturalInfluence Creole culture ⓘ
French colonial masquerade traditions ⓘ
West African traditions ⓘ
culturalOrigin Afro-Caribbean heritage ⓘ
economicImpact major tourism attraction ⓘ
feature all-inclusive parties ⓘ
costumed bands ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
fetes ⓘ
sound systems on music trucks ⓘ
street parades ⓘ
globalInfluence inspired New York Labor Day Carnival ⓘ
inspired Notting Hill Carnival ⓘ
inspired Toronto Caribbean Carnival ⓘ
governingBody National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
historicalRoot Canboulay processions ⓘ
French planter masquerade balls ⓘ
enslaved Africans’ celebrations ⓘ
keyEvent Calypso Monarch competition ⓘ
Dimanche Gras ⓘ
Jouvert ⓘ
Kiddies Carnival ⓘ
King and Queen of the Bands competition ⓘ
Panorama ⓘ
Carnival Parade of the Bands ⓘ
surface form: Parade of the Bands

Soca Monarch competition ⓘ
location Port of Spain ⓘ
mainIsland Trinidad ⓘ
musicGenre calypso ⓘ
soca ⓘ
steelpan music ⓘ
notableVenue Queen's Park Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Queen’s Park Savannah
performanceArt masquerade ⓘ
street theatre ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
religiousContext pre-Lenten celebration ⓘ
secondaryIsland Tobago ⓘ
socialFunction celebration of emancipation legacy ⓘ
expression of national identity ⓘ
timePeriod season of several weeks before Lent ⓘ
traditionalCharacter Blue Devil ⓘ
Dame Lorraine ⓘ
Fancy Sailor ⓘ
Jab Jab ⓘ
Midnight Robber ⓘ
Moko Jumbie ⓘ
Pierrot ⓘ
surface form: Pierrot Grenade
typicalMonth February ⓘ
March ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnival → hasNotableForm → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Jouvert events → associatedWith → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → traditionalFestival → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Trinidad → hasCulturalEvent → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trinidad Carnival
Panorama steelband competition → associatedWith → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Soca → associatedEvent → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Rikki Jai → associatedWith → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
mas bands (masquerade bands) → hasCulturalContext → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
subject surface form: mas bands
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival → alsoKnownAs → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trinidad Carnival
Crop Over (Barbados) → relatedEvent → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
subject surface form: Crop Over
Grenada Carnival → relatedFestival → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
St. Lucia Carnival → relatedTo → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Carnival in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → relatedTo → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago
Carnival of Martinique → relatedTo → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival of Trinidad and Tobago
soca → associatedEvent → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Machel Montano → notablePerformance → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
Dougla people → associatedWith → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ